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Tailchaser's Song is a fantasy novel by American writer Tad Williams.First released on November 21, 1985, it is Williams' first published work. [1] [2]The story focuses on a personified cat named Fritti Tailchaser, set in a world of other anthropomorphic animals who live in their natural environments but each have their own language, mythology, and culture.
The whiskers of a cat are highly sensitive to touch. To aid with navigation and sensation, cats have dozens of movable whiskers (vibrissae) over their body, especially their faces. These provide information on the width of gaps and on the location of objects in the dark, both by touching objects directly and by sensing air currents; they also ...
Cat senses are adaptations that allow cats to be highly efficient predators. Cats are good at detecting movement in low light, have an acute sense of hearing and smell, and their sense of touch is enhanced by long whiskers that protrude from their heads and bodies. These senses evolved to allow cats to hunt effectively at dawn and dusk.
Cats is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.It is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
In contrast to the negative reception Cats received, the song received positive reviews from music critics, who praised Swift's vocal performance. Darlene Aderoju and Joelle Goldstein of People described the song as "chillingly-beautiful" and a "haunting melody" that "speaks to a feeling of longing to be wanted and reminiscing on better memories."
So far over 3,000 cats have been adopted through Crumbs & Whiskers and more than 4,000 cats have been saved from euthanasia. The organization has also donated over $50,000 to charity.
The cat’s out of the bag. On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, fans were shocked to learn that their beloved cat-inspired character is, in fact, not a feline at all.
Tell Me a Tale: Stories, songs and things to do, illustrated by Deborah and Kilmeny Niland, music by Margaret Moore, 1974; The Sugar-Plum Christmas Book: A book for Christmas and all the days of the year, 1977; Velvet Paws and Whiskers, illustrated by Deborah Niland, music by Margaret Moore, 1979